adjective / adverb · neutral
northward
UK/ˈnɔːθwəd/US/ˈnɔːrθwərd/NORTH·ward
Band 5-6task2speaking
toward the north; in a northward direction
Examples
“The birds flew northward as winter approached.”
“A northward current affects the local climate.”
“She set off on a northward walk along the coast.”
Band 8 sentence
“Satellite data show a steady northward shift of the species' habitat over the past thirty years.”
Collocations
- northward migration
- northward trend
Word family
northward adj/advnorthwards adv (BrE variant)
Common mistakes
to the northwards→to the north / northward
Say it for a higher band
5to the north→6north→7+northward
Synonyms
to the north
Easily confused
northwards
“They continued northwards until they reached the border.”
to the north
“Small towns lie to the north of the capital.”
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